Baker: Unesco Still Biased, U.s. Won't Join

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April 18, 1990

Secretary of State James Baker said Tuesday the United States won't rejoin UNESCO because the organization continues to be mismanaged and shows political bias against Israel. The United States withdrew from the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1984. Baker, in a report to Congress, said the problems that plagued the agency then have not been resolved. Federico Mayor, UNESCO's director-general based in Paris, said he regretted the U.S. decision.